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CharliePrm88

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Registered: 2015-12-21

Posts: 10

[SOLVED] Fortinet VPN not working on networkmanager-openconnect

Dear all,
I was connecting with success to a Fortinet VPN by networkmanager-openconnect from UI until

[2026-07-15T07:32:29+0200] [ALPM] upgraded openconnect (1:9.12-5 -> 1:9.21-1)
[2026-07-23T07:02:59+0200] [ALPM] upgraded networkmanager (1.56.1-2 -> 1.58.0-1)  <-- since this one is not working anymore

If I connect via terminal I don't have any issue

> openconnect --protocol=fortinet vpn-FQN:vpn-Port -u my-user

If I connect via UI, initially it show me a message that NetworkManager was using OpenVPN instead of right protocol, now it fails silently

Anyone had same problem? Any resolution?

EDIT: to mark post as SOLVED i had to reduce original title that was: Fortinet VPN not working on networkmanager-openconnect since upgrade

Last edited by CharliePrm88 (2026-07-30 07:36:07)

Kisuke-CZE

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Registered: 2017-03-16

Posts: 16

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Re: [SOLVED] Fortinet VPN not working on networkmanager-openconnect

Same problem here.

In journal there is this related message:

NetworkManager[1231]: <info>  [1785392520.5847] audit: op="connection-activate" uuid="9cc74be2-d845-4eb2-9c6a-cf147e517295" name="FORTI" pid=3787 uid=1000 result="fail" reason="The 'openconnect' plugin doesn't support private connections."

-thc

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Registered: 2017-03-15

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Re: [SOLVED] Fortinet VPN not working on networkmanager-openconnect

Due to recent changes in the permission management changing system-wide usable NM connections need root permissions. Therefore I have marked all my connections as "All users may connect to this network: No".

Do you both have marked those VPN connections to only be usable by your user accounts? If so - try to set the flag.

CharliePrm88

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Registered: 2015-12-21

Posts: 10

Re: [SOLVED] Fortinet VPN not working on networkmanager-openconnect

Due to recent changes in the permission management changing system-wide usable NM connections need root permissions. Therefore I have marked all my connections as "All users may connect to this network: No".

Do you both have marked those VPN connections to only be usable by your user accounts? If so - try to set the flag.

You're my hero. Worked!